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caya · 01-28-2007, 07:59 PM

Hello All,

I am fairly new to the site. I was diagnosed in October 2006, due to plastic surgeon finding a tumor while doing my breast reduction surgery. So began the rounds of all the scans - transvaginal ultrasound, liver ultrasound, bone scan, bloodwork, CT of the brain, chest X-ray, MRI of the left breast - all clear. Had a mastectomy (right) on Dec. 18th, all 16 lymph nodes tested were clear. Original tumor (found during breast reduction) was 1.7 cm, ER+PR+ HER 2+++ (FISH) stage 1, grade 1. They found another tumor during the mastectomy - 1.0 cm., stage 1, grade 2 did not test for ER,PR, HER2 because of the previous tumor. I started FEC-T this past Thursday ( once every 3 weeks for 6 rounds ), then will be on Herceptin for a year ( once every 3 weeks). My question is - how often should I be getting the scans - especially bone and brain - I haven't had a brain MRI - just a CT, which was clear. Any advise from the veterans would be much appreciated!!

Thanks
Caya

01-28-2007, 07:59 PM	#7
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Hello All, I am fairly new to the site. I was diagnosed in October 2006, due to plastic surgeon finding a tumor while doing my breast reduction surgery. So began the rounds of all the scans - transvaginal ultrasound, liver ultrasound, bone scan, bloodwork, CT of the brain, chest X-ray, MRI of the left breast - all clear. Had a mastectomy (right) on Dec. 18th, all 16 lymph nodes tested were clear. Original tumor (found during breast reduction) was 1.7 cm, ER+PR+ HER 2+++ (FISH) stage 1, grade 1. They found another tumor during the mastectomy - 1.0 cm., stage 1, grade 2 did not test for ER,PR, HER2 because of the previous tumor. I started FEC-T this past Thursday ( once every 3 weeks for 6 rounds ), then will be on Herceptin for a year ( once every 3 weeks). My question is - how often should I be getting the scans - especially bone and brain - I haven't had a brain MRI - just a CT, which was clear. Any advise from the veterans would be much appreciated!! Thanks Caya